Friendship With Jesus

Jesus said, “I shall not call you servants any more, because a servant does not know his master's business; I call you friends, because I have made known to you everything I have learnt from my Father.”

We could say that Christianity is about a friendship with Jesus and friendship with others. Friendship is a special type of love that involves three things.

I.            Friendship is the coming together of two people who love the same thing. It is the union of two wills into one.

II.          Friendship is unconditional love. We don’t value the friend because of their accomplishments or attributes. We just simply think the world is a better place because they are in it, and we delight in them.

III.        Friendship is a demanding love. We think our friend is good just because they exist, but we don’t want them to stay that way. We want them to grow to reach all their potential.

Jesus loves us a friends in the same way.

The best way to foster friendship with Jesus is by prayer.

Too often we look at prayer as just one more task to be done. Teresa of Avila said prayer is taking time to be alone with him who we know loves us.